Equipping You In Grace

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers, prayer, and the sufficiency of Scripture, the sufficiency of Christ, the High Priestly ministry of Jesus, prayer and the hard days, and prayer and discouragement. What you'll hear in this episode Prayer and the Sufficiency of God’s word. Prayer and the Sufficiency of Christ Prayer and the High Priestly Ministry of Jesus. Prayer and Focusing on the Lord in the midst of our hard days. Prayer and the Peace of God. Prayer, Discouragement, and Encouragement. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Sarah Jenkins talk about the problem with a self-help view of love, love as work in our marriage, biblical love, family worship, open and honest communication in marriage, and building trust and friendship in marriage. What you'll hear in this episode The problem with a self-help view of love. Love as work in our marriage. Help with loving our spouse. The purpose of family worship and how to begin. The importance of open and honest communication in marriage. The importance of building trust and friendship in marriage. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedba

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Dr. Letham about the relationship between the Word and the Spirit, how a recovery of the Reformed and Puritan teaching on the Spirit helps the Christian, and his new book, The Holy Spirit (P&R, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeThe importance of having a good understanding of the Holy Spirit from church history.How a good understanding of the Church’s teaching on the Holy Spirit helps us to avoid error.The relationship between the Word and the Spirit.How a recovery of the Reformed and Puritan teaching on the Holy Spirit helps the Christian today.The main aims of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian.How the Holy Spirit uses the means of grace in the life of the Christian.How a good understanding of the Holy Spirit affects the ministry of the church.How the claim “God speaks” to us and people “hear directly from God” undermines the sufficiency of Scripture and the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the Christian today.About Our GuestRob

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave gives seven keys to cultivating holiness in the Christian life through the use of the personal and corporate means of grace so we might grow in our communion with the Lord.What you'll hear in this episodeUnion with Christ and holiness.Know and love Scripture.Putting sin to death.Lifelong repentance.Cultivating holiness through prayer and work.The relationship between holiness and prayer.Failing to fight your sin and despair.Diagnosing and fleeing from worldliness with the help of God’s grace.The importance of regular attendance and fellowship with God’s people.Committing Completely to God.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenk

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Doreen take a deep dive into Todd White’s teaching on the sinless of Jesus, healing, and miracles and compare it to what Scripture teaches about the sinless of Jesus, healing, and miracles, along with how good theology should ground and shape our lives.What You’ll Hear in This EpisodeWhy Christians should care about false teaching and speak out against it.The Bible’s teaching on the sinlessness of Christ.How Todd White’s teaching on the sinless of Jesus isn’t biblical and orthodox.The Bible’s teaching on healing and miracles.How Todd White’s teaching on healing miracles isn’t biblical and orthodox.The dangers of the prosperity gospel.How good theology should affect our prayer lives.How bad theology affects our prayer lives.About the GuestRaised in Christian Science, Doreen Virtue was formerly the top-selling New Age author at the world’s largest New Age publisher, until Jesus opened her eyes to the gospel. She got baptized for the first time, began spreading th

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Micah Caswell about reading and studying the book of Micah, why expository preaching rests on the authority of Scripture, and his commentary, The Gospel According to Micah: A Christocentric Commentary (WestBow Press, 2022). What you’ll hear in this episode Why the book of Micah matters. How did Jesus and the Apostles handle the Old Testament Minor Prophets. Advise for reading and studying the Minor Prophets. How Pastors and Bible teachers should preach Jesus from the book of Micah. Why expository preaching rests on the authority of Scripture. What historical and theological issues should people be aware of as Christians read and study the Minor Prophets. The main message and goal of Micah. Application points from Micah that are particular relevant to Christians in our day. About Our Guest Micah is married to Kristen and they have two children. He grew up in Denton, Texas and graduated from the University of North Texas. He also holds

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the personal and corporate means of grace, Bible reading and the ministry of the Spirit, the goal of becoming biblically literate. What you'll hear in this episode Bible reading: A delightful duty. The personal and corporate means of grace. Strategies to overcome discouragement in your Bible reading and Christian life. Bible reading and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. The goal of becoming biblical literate. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Susan Heck about biblical memorization, the marks of a good mentor and what to avoid, advice for women wanting to dig more into Scripture, and much more.What you’ll hear in this episodeHow memorization has helped Susan in her Christian life.The importance of biblical memorization and how Christians can begin to memorize the Bible.Help for the women wanting to dig more into Scripture.What most encourages Susan about what the Lord is doing in and through women’s ministry in the US.What most concerns Susan about women’s ministry around the US.Advice for pastors wanting to encourage the women leading women’s ministry in their local church.What to look for in a biblical mentor and what to avoid in selecting a mentor.About Our GuestSusan Heck was married for 46 years to her beloved husband and pastor, Doug Heck, who was a faithful Shepherd for 50 years, until the Lord took him to glory in August 2021. Susan has been involved in Women’s Ministries for about 40

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why it matters that you read and listen to sound and trustworthy sources, accountability, the means of grace, and the local church. What you'll hear in this episode Why it matters that you read and listen to trustworthy biblically sound and orthodox sources. Why your favorite author, conference speaker, and podcaster is not your pastor unless he is the pastor of your local church. Local accountability in the local church. The means of grace and the local church. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Doug and Holly about the dangers of the NAR, spiritual abuse, and NAR-inspired music, how the NAR has partnered with Christian media, and how they respond to criticism on a variety of NAR topics.Pick up their latest book, Counterfeit Kingdom: The Dangers of New Revelation, New Prophets, and New Age Practices in the Church (B&H, 2022).What you’ll hear in this episodeThe marks and signs of things to look out for with the NAR.The dangers of the NAR and spiritual abuse.Why Christians shouldn’t sing NAR-inspired music.The danger of NAR-inspired music.What the seven mountain mandate is, and how Doug and Holly balance their critique of the NAR over and against other end times views out there.The influence of the NAR and how it aims to infiltrate and influence government at every level of society.How the NAR has partnered with Christian media and how that has led to the mainstreaming of the NAR in the Church today.How Doug and Holly stay focused on critiquing th

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why Christian friendship is not transactional but servant-oriented, and how we can practically be rooted in the Word, focused on Christ, others, and on serving one another in our local churches.What you'll hear in this episodeWhy Christian friendship must be rooted in the Word.Why Christian friendship must be focused on Christ.Why Christian friendship must be servant-oriented.Why Christian friendship must be local church focused.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Jacob discuss union with Christ, the Puritans, assurance, evangelism, and missions, and Jacob’s new book, Union with Christ: The Joy of the Christian’s Assurance in the Doctrines of Grace (Wrath and Grace, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeUnion with Christ in Scripture.The warmth of the Puritans theology.Genuine joy in Christ and our theological convictions.Evangelism and missions and Reformed theology.How Reformed theology is for all of life.Assurance and the Christian.About Today's GuestJacob Tanner is a husband, father, and pastor, living in Pennsylvania. Holding to the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith, Jacob is focused on both evangelism and reformation. He is the founder of the Sound of Truth Ministries, where they have regular podcasts and preaches whenever the opportunity arises. His passion and motto are, "To know Christ and make Him known because He has made us His own." He can be found spending time with his family or with a book in

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and James Coates discuss how a sound view of Scripture affects how we handle and preach the Word, preparing for the Lord’s Day during the week, listening to sermons well and effects of spiritual sluggishness and remedies to it, along with his book, Reading and Preaching God’s Word (G3 Press, 2022). What you’ll hear in this episode The importance of having a sound view of Scripture. How a sound view of Scripture affects how we preach. How important is seminary for preparing for ministry. The importance of biblical preaching in a time of biblical and theological illiteracy. How preaching God’s Word equips the people of God to stand against false teaching and train them to handle the Word of God. How understanding the voice of God in Scripture elevates one’s view of preaching. How the absence of God’s Word is the absence of God affects the way we preach God’s Word. The role preaching is to have in the life of the Christian and the local church.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Mark Jones about the life and ministry of Stephen Charnock, and how his doctrine of God helps the Christian today, along with his updated and unabridged two volumes he edited of Stephen Charnock’s The Existence and Attributes of God (Crossway, 2022). What you’ll hear in this episode Immutability and the Christian life. How Charnock shows the point of doctrine for life. Who Stephen Charnock is and why his work has continued to influence the church today. The unique contributes Mark’s edited volume of Charnock’s work makes to the literature on Charnock. How a biblical and orthodox view of God as described by Charnock helps the Christian today. How a biblical and orthodox view of the attributes of God as described by Charnock helps the Christian today. Why we need men like Charnock again today and what such men would look like in the Church. About Today's Guest Mark Jones (PhD, Leiden Universiteit) is the Senior Minister at Faith Vancouver

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why reading is the only way to know God, to hear His voice, to delight in Him, to know Christ and grow in Him, and with others in the local church, and to serve others because of union with Jesus. What you'll hear in this episode Read the Bible because it is the only way to know God. Read the Bible because it is the only way to hear His voice. Read the Bible to delight in the God who has revealed Himself. Read the Bible because it is the only way to know Christ and to grow in grace. Read the Bible to grow with others in the local church through the preaching of God’s Word. Read the Bible to serve others because of your union with Jesus. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers Sola Scriptura and church history and provides biblical and examples from church history about why Christians need to be grounded in and shaped by the Word and the teaching of church history.What you'll hear in this episodeThe meaning of Sola Scriptura.Nicaea, Chalcedon, and Athanasius.Further Conflict and Response to the Deity of Jesus.B.B. Warfield and Biblical Christianity.The State of Theology and the Church Today.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave gives thanks to the Lord for how He used Servants of Grace in 2022, shares an update on where we are headed in 2023, along with his upcoming book projects releasing, Lord-willing in 2023. What you'll hear in this episode My favorite episodes in 2022 and where we are headed in 2023. 2023 Theology for life schedule. My next book projects. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers, the history behind the gender debate and the Respect for Marriage Act, biblical marriage, religious liberty, and religious freedom, and standing firm for a biblical worldview. What you'll hear in this episode The history behind the gender debate in American culture. The history behind the respect for marriage act in America. Religious liberty and religious freedom. Why Christians must stand for marriage between one man and one woman for life under God. How deconstruction in our culture is aiming to destroy the meaning of words. How parents and family members can help children develop a biblical worldview. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the dangers of materialism on our communion with God, the Incarnation of Christ, and why we need to treasure Christ during the Christmas and every day, along with some practical suggestions on treasuring Christ with others. What you'll hear in this episode The dangers of materialism on our communion with the Lord. The purpose of Christmas. Why we need to treasure Christ during Christmas and every day. Some practical guidance on treasuring Christ with family and friends during the Holidays. Why the Holidays are a vital time to say the things that matter most. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, o

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jon Benzinger about equipping people to speak out against social justice, what is most concerning about the Church’s social justice conversation, and his new book, Stand: Christianity Vs. Social Justice (G3 Press, 2022).What you’ll hear in this episodeThe fear of man and the fear of God.What critical race theory and intersectionality are and how they attack a biblical worldview.What is most concerning about the church’s social justice conversation today.How Christians should respond to the current move toward social justice and not biblical justice.Why the social justice movement is another form of the social gospel.Why Christians should care about biblical unity in their local churches and what it looks like.The role of parents in guarding their children against the onslaught of social justice and shepherding their kids.How pastors can help prepare people in their local church to face social justice.About Our GuestJon Benzinger is the Lead Pastor of Red